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Finally, the question must be asked if it is worth setting aside Title IX and possibly the culture altering woman's movement to do it? We need to know these things before we get too infatuated with separating boys and girls at school. .
They’re building the EIGERlab of aviation at RFD
We think of Chicago Rockford International Airport as a place to board a plane or as an airfreight hub. But it is about to become Chicagoland's center of aviation technology and aerospace education. It's going to be a job-creating engine, helping to grow the airport and the local economy. I wrote two years ago about the importance of building a first-class aviation school at the airport. Rock Valley College offers a propeller-based program that graduates about 20 students a year. My efforts in 2006 to convince RVC to ramp up the program to provide more aviation mechanics to meet the airport's growing demand went nowhere. Even when I reminded people that such jobs start at $50,000 to $60,000 a year, they just shrugged. The airport then took the lead, and has built a partnership among government, industry and academia, including Northern Illinois University and Kishwaukee College.
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